The Facts of Me

Hi there! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I can’t hold it in any longer so without further ado, I’m excited to announce that I will be joining the Alabama Women Bloggers as the Blogger of the Month Correspondent! I have been working with these ladies for a couple of weeks now, preparing and learning the ins and outs and I have loved getting to know them. I’ve also met some pretty incredible Alabama Bloggers that I didn’t even know existed. Who knew there were so many? I have also been re-branding and gained a few new followers lately, so I have been wanting to reintroduce myself to all of the newbies. I’m excited to get reacquainted with some of you and get to know others for the first time. So here is a little about me…

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My name is Logan and I blog at Logan Can (formally, Southern Sunflowers and Coffee Beans) about my life as a new mom, fashion, books, fitness and whatever else comes to my mind.. My birthday is August 8th, 1988…Can you guess what my lucky number is? I’ve been blogging for almost 2 years now, although I have taken two mini breaks in between – once when I was really sick during my pregnancy and again right after I had my sweet Hampton. I started blogging to write book reviews, because I’m a bit of a book hoarder lover, and to journal my life as a newlywed. It quickly became an outlet for my writing/journaling and I have loved every minute of it. I wasn’t expecting to become friends with so many amazing women. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a “blogging community” until I was several months into blogging. That is when I discovered link-ups and found all types of different bloggers that I had something in common with. We started emailing, tweeting, talking on the phone etc. and have formed actual friendships.

I was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, where I have lived my entire life – other than a few months that I lived in Auburn during my college years.

I married Ryan in October 2011. After 9 months of trying, several needles, and a few medications I became pregnant with my precious baby boy. He was born October 24, 2013. October is a pretty big month for us. My boys have been my biggest blessings. They bring me so much joy and laughter every day.

I graduated college in May 2011 with a degree in psychology. I had every intention on going back after getting married, but I still haven’t started back. I am kind of weird and actually enjoyed school. Especially my major. I have a heart for helping people and I feel like that is a huge calling in my life. Over the past few years, God has revealed that to me more and more because of certain people and situations he has placed in my life. I love to encourage others and give them hope. I would love to go back to school and become a counselor or a Psychologist, I just haven’t done it yet. Since graduation day – literally – I have worked as a web content manager for local restaurants and lawyers. It’s boring, but allows me to be home with Hampton while still bringing in the bacon.

I love to travel with my husband. It is a huge passion of ours. We actually just got back from a quick trip to Orlando. We love to visit new places and see new things. There are so many places I would love to move to, but you know that saying “there’s no place like home.” It’s true. I would miss our families so much if we moved, however, nothing is certain and we could move at any moment with Ryan’s slightly unpredictable job. We went to London and Paris for our honeymoon and it was one of the best memories of my life. It still feels like a dream that we went there. I feel like I could adapt to living in either of those cities. I’ve also always thought it would be so neat to live in California. Either the San Francisco area or maybe even Napa Valley. Speaking of, we are planning a trip to San Fran in the fall! We are so excited. I’m pretty adaptable, so I think I could really live anywhere, but I do think it would be tough to be too far away from our family.

As far as entertainment, I love, love, love to read, so when I get a free moment I usually turn to a book. When I’m not in the mood to read, I do turn on the T.V. to either Gilmore Girls or New Girl. I love the quick smart humor that GG gives us. Plus, it’s the best written show in the world. How can you not love it? I am also a huge movie buff. I thank my dad for that. It’s in my blood. I love any and all chick flicks, comedies and some action movies. I can’t handle all of that sci-fi mess. it’s definitely not my thing.

I actually have a whole post written on music and have yet to hit that Publish button. I am not really sure why. I’ll post it soon because I love music. I grew up dancing and continued to dance all through college. I have been exposed to so many genres of music over my life and have an extremely wide variety of taste. I was also raised by this man named Tommy, my dad, who forced me to listen to all things 70’s rock and old country. Thanks, dad. Side note, he was on tour with Molly Hatchet. If you don’t know who they are, google them. Needless to say, some of my favorites are: Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffet, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Red Hot Chili Peppers….I could go on all day. Seriously. Be on the lookout for my post on music later next week.

I love to dance, read, drink coffee, blog, play with my little Monkey, write, play on social media, shop and recently I’ve been running. Dancers don’t run, y’all, but I’ve been trying. I have a huge passion for fitness and health. While I do still enjoy my pizza and Chinese food, I try to eat healthy and live an active lifestyle. My husband and I really enjoy hiking and going for evening strolls. Back in January, I discovered the Tone It Up girls and joined their community. They helped me lose all of my baby weight…plus 10 pounds. I’m back to my high school weight. It’s kind of crazy. Follow my TIU account on Instagram if you’d like to follow my fitness journey. My favorite color is lime green, although if leopard print were a “color” that would be my favorite. I am constantly inspired by my family, Hampton, and all of you lovely ladies. You are all so talented and encouraging. That’s why I love to blog.

My dream job is to become a travel blogger or write for a travel magazine. I can’t imagine how amazing that would be. To actually get paid to travel and write about food, museums, hotels, etc. I mean, I would do that for free. Can you imagine getting paid to do it? I follow so many successful travel blogs and they amaze and inspire me.

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This year, I am most looking forward to our trips to Chicago and San Francisco, watching my baby grow during his first year of life (he is changing so much every day), celebrating our 3rd anniversary, and hopefully growing this blog space of mine. I am venturing out and starting to do a little bit of fashion blogging (if you haven’t already noticed) and it has been a lot of fun. They have become some of my favorite posts, and according to my stats, they are your favorites as well. I am really looking forward to getting to know more of you, and of course all of my Alabama ladies! I will be hunting down Bloggers of the Month every month and working with them, so be on the lookout for me! I’ve already enjoyed getting to know our June Blogger of the Month. Be sure to stop by and say hello to Catherine. She is kind of awesome.

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What are you looking forward to this year? What do you love most about blogging?

As I was reading through some of my favorite blogs last night, I noticed a lot of you linked up with Whitney for “The Facts of Me.” I really enjoyed reading them and figured I’d link-up as well. Better late than never, right? Here goes…

I was a dancer. Most of you know by now that I have danced since I was 4 years old, but you probably don’t know that I also did gymnastics and took baton. That’s right, I was a twirler.

Me and one of my besties, Karen after our senior duet.

Every Tuesday night, my sister comes over to our house, I make her dinner, and we watch Pretty Little Liars (my guilty pleasure). We have been doing this every week since I got married. It is a really fun little tradition of ours. Pop over and say hey to her because she turned 18 today! Whoop!! Happy Birthday Sistaa!!

I’m extremely O.C.D. but have never been diagnosed. I can not leave a dish in the sink and go to bed peacefully. If the house is a mess, I don’t hardly sleep. Weird, I know.

I am not a morning person. In fact, I don’t fully come alive until around 12p.m. Until then, I’m loading up on coffee trying to keep up with the rest of the world.

I’m obsessed with Gilmore Girls. I own all 7 seasons and I literally have ever episode memorized. My husband calls me the 3rd Gilmore without all the hook-ups. We have similar humor, and similar coffee and food addictions.

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I am a redneck. It’s true. I try to act like a classy grown up woman, but deep down, I’m still that kid who loves to play in the woods and build forts with the boys then go to ballet class. Don’t get me wrong, I love to get all fabulous, but I love to be outdoors as well.

I love to hike. We have to drive a good 3 hours to get anywhere worth hiking, so we don’t go as often as I would like, but it is a special thing Ryan and I like to do together.

I love my family more than anything in the world. We have always been so close and have a wonderful relationship. I don’t know what I’d do without them.

I’m in love with Kate Middleton. Can I please be her (without all the morning sickness)? She is perfect.

I love to bake. Mostly chocolate things.

I apologize in my sleep. Growing up, if my mom and I ever had a fight, I’d always holler out a big “I’m sorry” while I was asleep. I don’t ever remember doing this but apparently it happened on several occasions.

I have a degree in psychology, but work in computers? How did that happen?

I was prom queen my senior year of high school.

I want to be a professional traveler. I love to travel and want to go so many places. We are planning a trip to Europe for 2014 and it is getting me in the mood to go somewhere.

I hate drama. I have little patience for dramatic people or girls who talk trash about others and I try to avoid it at all costs. Unfortunately you can’t always avoid it, but I try to.

I could eat chicken fingers for every meal, and in fact I do most of the time.

I love anything in cookie form.

I hate to take selfies. They make me feel uncomfortable, and I’m only good a strutting my stuff when I’m on a stage…(did that sound wrong?)